If you really want to have fun, try cleaning corrals with chickens around! Turds that held no interest are suddenly the best stuff ever! I can rake everything into a pile and in the two seconds it takes to trade the rake for the scooper, those hens can fling everything further than it was to start with!
I've learned to set out a fresh dish of food for the hens and then hurry and do whatever chores need doing while they are busy eating.
Jean & the Happy Hens
On 01/28/13, marlajulich wrote:
Have you ever seen the little ecards online that say things like cleaning house while the kids are home is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos? There's another about dogs but I can't remember how it ends. Anyway, as we all know cleaning the coop is the same way.
I always move my bantams into another pen or cage while I clean their pen because otherwise it's impossible. While cleaning this weekend my dd's pet old English bantam thru a wrench in that work too. As soon as I opened the door to their pen she made a dash for the nestbox, wiggled around letting me know that she WOULD be laying an egg before she went ANYWHERE. Luckily she's an experienced girl and gets down to business quickly and had her egg layed in about 15 min. One of the buff orp pullets was sitting on a nest when I started cleaning and she was still there when I was done. Even after I fed for that matter. Silly youngster. My dd asked if she was broody. I doubt it. I think the young
ones just sit and sit until they lay that egg. Lol. Kind of like little kids and potty training.
Marla
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